The IdlerJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... told again in the evening , and the narratives of the evening are bought again in the morning . These repetitions , indeed , wafte time , but they do not horten it . The most eager perufer of news is tired before before he has completed ...
... told again in the evening , and the narratives of the evening are bought again in the morning . These repetitions , indeed , wafte time , but they do not horten it . The most eager perufer of news is tired before before he has completed ...
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... told , that he is calling too haftily for the laft effufion of total in- fenfibility . Whatever he may have been taught by unfkilful Idlers to believe , labour is neceffary in his initiation to idleness . He that never labours may know ...
... told , that he is calling too haftily for the laft effufion of total in- fenfibility . Whatever he may have been taught by unfkilful Idlers to believe , labour is neceffary in his initiation to idleness . He that never labours may know ...
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... told me , in a corner , that our miferies were almost at an end , and that we fhould fee , in a month , an- other monarch on the throne ; the time elapfes with- out a revolution ; Tom meets me again with new D 4 intel- intelligence ...
... told me , in a corner , that our miferies were almost at an end , and that we fhould fee , in a month , an- other monarch on the throne ; the time elapfes with- out a revolution ; Tom meets me again with new D 4 intel- intelligence ...
Page 46
... told , amidst our impa- tience for the event of a battle , that on a certain day Mr. Winker , a tide - waiter at Yarmouth , was mar- ried to Mrs. Cackle , a widow lady of great accom- plishments , and that as foon as the ceremony was ...
... told , amidst our impa- tience for the event of a battle , that on a certain day Mr. Winker , a tide - waiter at Yarmouth , was mar- ried to Mrs. Cackle , a widow lady of great accom- plishments , and that as foon as the ceremony was ...
Page 52
... told me , with irresistible authority , that any bufinefs is better than idleness ; that when these wheels are fet upon a table , with mats under them , they will turn without noife , and keep the girls upright ; that great wheels are ...
... told me , with irresistible authority , that any bufinefs is better than idleness ; that when these wheels are fet upon a table , with mats under them , they will turn without noife , and keep the girls upright ; that great wheels are ...
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advertiſements againſt almoſt amuſement becauſe bufy buſineſs cauſe cenfure confidered courſe critick curiofity cuſtom defign defire delight difcovered eafily eafy eaſy endeavour enquiry fafe faid fame fatire fcarcely fecure feem feen feldom fenfe fent fervant fhall fhew fhop fhould filk fince firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupplied fuppofe fure happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe houſe idle Idler itſelf labour lady laft laſt learned lefs live loft mifery Mifs mind moft morning moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never NUMB obferved ourſelves paffage paffed paffions perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent promife publick purpoſe raiſed reaſon refolution refolved reft SATURDAY ſhall ſhe ſpeaks ſtate tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit whofe whoſe wife write